1 Samuel 11:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:5-11

What is here related turns very much to the honour of Saul, and shows the happy fruits of that other spirit with which he was endued. Observe here, I. His humility. Though he was anointed king, and accepted by his people, yet he did not think it below him to know the state of his own flocks, but went himself to see them, and came in the evening, with his servants, after the herd out of the field, 1 Sam. 11:5. This was an evidence that he was not puffed up with his advancement, as those are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:11

And it was so on the morrow ,.... After the messengers were returned, and delivered their message, and the men of Jabeshgilead had given the Ammonites reason to expect that they would come out to them according to their agreement: that Saul put the people into three companies ; or "heads" F1 ראשים "capita", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , under so many commanders, assigning to each their number, if equally, 110,000 in each, as Gideon divided his three hundred into three companies,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 11:11

Put the people in three companies - Intending to attack the Ammonites in three different points, and to give his own men more room to act. In the morning watch - He probably began his march in the evening, passed Jordan in the night, and reached the camp of the Ammonites by daybreak. That two of them were not left together - This proves that the rout was complete. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:4-11

The perfecting gift. The facts are— 1 . The message brought to Gibeah throws the inhabitants into grief and consternation. 2 . Saul, on hearing the tidings, is aroused by the Spirit of God to summon the nation to follow him and Samuel. 3 . The people responding to the call, help is assured to the men of Jabesh. 4 . The result is the utter defeat of the Ammonites. The effect of the appeal of the men of Jabesh on the people of Gibeah, on Saul, and subsequently on the conflict... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:11

They came.; in the morning watch. By a forced march Saul came upon the unsuspecting Ammonites just before daybreak, when sleep is deepest; and as his host was unwieldy, he arranged it in three divisions, assigning to each a different route, that they might not impede one another on the way, and might also cut off the retreat of the enemy. As the fighting went on for five or six hours, until the heat of the day, the Ammonites must at first have made some resistance; but when all three... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:11-13

Saul at his best. Self-control, promptitude, courage, capacity, ascription of praise to God, forbearance towards men, these are all exhibited by the young king. Alas, that from such heights he fell! I. SELF - CONTROL . Though hailed as king at Mizpah, Saul was in no haste to assume regal state. He resumed his country life at Gibeah, waiting till the Lord should call him forth in some emergency to take command of the army of Israel. In this he followed the example of the judges,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 11:11

The march from Bezek may have begun the night before. This disposition of the forces “in three companies” (imitating Gideon’s strategy, compare the marginal reference.) would not have been made until the morning when they were very near the Ammonitish forces. “The morning watch” was the last of the three watches, of four hours each, into which the night was anciently divided by the Hebrews. (See Judges 7:19 note.) The time thus indicated would be between two and six in the morning. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:1-15

Saul’s victory over the Ammonites (11:1-15)Within a short time Saul had the opportunity to prove to the doubters that he was the man to lead Israel. About a century earlier the Ammonites had exercised control over Israel’s territory of Gilead, east of Jordan, till Jephthah overthrew them (Judges 10:7-8; Judges 11:29-33). Now they attacked again and seemed certain of victory (11:1-3). When he heard the news, Saul called Israel’s fighting men together (using a well recognized local procedure; cf.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 11:11

host = camp. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 11:11

SAUL'S GLORIOUS RESCUE OF JABESH-GILEAD"And on the morrow Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and cut down the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together."This victory was of God Himself, as Saul freely admitted, and it was this victory that constituted the third and final phase of Saul's rise to the throne.The deployment of the forces of Israel in three... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 11:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:11-13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 11:11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 11:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 11:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 11:11

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